Audio Visual Wall Mounts Pricing and Costs

Enhancing presentation areas with an AV wall mount that fits your budget

The audiovisual equipment you need to conduct business doesn't come cheap, so consider spending a little more to protect your investment with the right audiovisual wall mounts. Wall and ceiling mounts afford the advantage over audiovisual stands of saving space and providing the entire audience with an unobstructed view.

Factors like brand name, construction materials, features, and equipment size and weight all affect audiovisual wall mount pricing and costs. This guide focuses on pricing for three categories of AV equipment:

1. Television wall mounts and ceiling mounts.

2. Audiovisual wall mounts for projectors.

3. Audiovisual mounts designed to hold speakers.

 

Compare TV wall mounts at prices that suit your needs

Shop around to get the best price for audiovisual equipment ceiling and wall mounts, especially for plasma and LCD TVs. Avoid the impulse to purchase HDTV wall mounts from the same place you bought your TV unless you know you're getting a great deal.
Try: Alfax offers CRT TV wall and ceiling mounts that tilt and swivel starting at less than $100. Expect to pay just a little more for an expandable mount that supports televisions of different sizes. To hold your flat panel TVs, LCD displays, or other monitors, check out the Chief line of flat screen wall mounts at Ergo Direct. Options range from a simple flat panel tilt wall mount for monitors up to 26” priced at less than $50 all the way up to about $650 for a universal automated swing arm mount that works for 37" to 63" displays. To hold plasma and LCD TVs from 23" to 63" flush to the wall, get a low-profile LCD or plasma display wall mount for less than $90 at ArmorMount.

Get wall mounts for AV equipment like projectors

Typically less pricey than mounts for TVs, projector wall mounts have a mid-range price of around $130.
Try: At Planet Audiovisual, prices range from about $80 for a basic ceiling mount designed for projectors under 10 pounds, to just under $300 for a universal ceiling mount that works great for portable projectors you may need to take down for business presentations in other locations. Consider any of the projector mounts from Video Mount Store;  prices generally fall between $75 and $130 for brand names like OmniMount, Sanus, and Vantage Point.

Find competitive pricing for AV wall mounts made for speakers

For the most part, unless you're going with the very top of the line, audio equipment ceiling and wall mounts shouldn't break your budget. Not only does the purchase of speaker mounts help declutter a room, it also permits a higher quality surround sound.
Try: Start your search for a speaker wall mount at AVmountsonline.com. The company's speaker mounts start at under $10 for the Pinpoint Mounts PPM-501 that holds up to 8 pounds and works with many major brand name speakers, and run up to about $70 for the BTECH BT-77 side-clamping wall mount that swivels left-right 180 degrees and works with speakers ranging in size from 5 1/2" to 11" wide, a maximum depth of 13", and height of 20". StandsandMounts.com provides a wide variety of ceiling and wall speaker mounts that vary in price from roughly $20 for mounts with an 8-pound capacity to $120 for mounts that can hold up to 120 pounds. Find the speaker mounts you need at Racks and Stands, where you'll pay between $15 and $100 and receive free shipping.

 

• When ordering from audio visual wall mount vendors, make certain price quoted includes the mounting hardware, or you'll end up paying extra for mounting brackets and other parts.
• Look for free shipping offers to help reduce the cost you pay for audio visual mounts.

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